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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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